New Place with New Gardens:)

Thanks @noisette47 many of those evergreens were my infill shrubs and I'll probably pick a few of each up when I visit the local GC.

 

I was out mowing and weeding this morning and came across these wee beasties and plant anyone want to confirm what they are for me?

I'm thinking European Chaffer beetle grub, common toad and the last one I'm not sure on obviously some kind of spring bulb I mistook it for grass first of all...







And these two monsters aren't even ours! Turns out the previous tenants had loads of kittens each year and all if the cats round here came from this bungalow...



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Oh dear... Hope they don't use your garden as their litter tray! Keep going with the garden, I'm excited to see your progress!

 

I've Googled Brodaeia, Puschkinia, Tritelia and Chionodoxa...http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/image_files/onlineshow/sizedChionodoxa%2520lucilae%2520alba%252018845.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/competitions/online-show/2011/any+bulbous+plant/909/&h=360&w=640&tbnid=AFQxDLfyWdnecM:&zoom=1&docid=ccxnuee8KufaLM&ei=65r8VNTjFITvaKXwgpAF&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=712&page=2&start=14&ndsp=20&ved=0CE0QrQMwDw This looks to be the closest? Sorry about the never-ending link The grub looks more like a leatherjacket...Cranefly larvae.

 

Those Pupae were the size of my thumb Hazel so I hope their not Cranefly!

I had a look in my books and I think I've found a name to the bulb Ipheion uniflorum

Thanks for your help though

 

Eeek! Are you good at building air-raid shelters? Dammit, Ipheion was the other one.... If this is a taste of middle-age senility, I'd better find a cure, quick!

 

So far after 26 years of gardening on my property and having up to 10 cats, now 6 I have yet to run across any issues with cat droppings in my gardens. My gardens grow like crazy though, maybe its because of the cats. And the cats keep the rabbits out of the gardens, so that is a good thing.

 

So I have a question? With this statement, then this property belongs to you /mother etc. You can spend your money, and time fixing it up etc and it will be yours. I am just curious over the wording, as your saying the local housing association, not sure what that part means.

 

Yes it's a leather jacket.

 

I have two Philadelphus on my property; one in one of the gardens have limey green leaves such a pretty contract against the burgundy shrub near it, and the blue feather conifer on the other side of it. Then in the other garden I have a variegated one, lime and green leaves. Both have beautiful white flowers, and smell wonderful when blooming. Just ran across a new Philadelphus that is very short, called Snow Dwarf, getting me a few for my garden slope.

 

I've got a neighbour with 16 cats, that aren't litter trained. It's really disheartening to try and make a (somewhat small) outside space look nice only to find cat excrement all over the place!

 

Im confused as to what you mean when you say they arnt litter trained. nearly all cats are litter trained to some extent ( some are better than others) when they are small and little and are in the house but once a cat goes outside most dont use a litter tray anymore (only a few will still want to use one) so yeh outdoor cats just do what they want and not all cats bury what they do it depends on their style or just how good they are at using a litter tray.

Also some do it for territory i have three cats and there are three cats that reguarly visit my garden two of which are unneutered males so like to spray everywhere but the one likes to go to the loo on top of my alpines which is annoying but slowly its stopping trying to mark its territory there.

Sorry for typos i think i have corrected most my brain is not functioning today very well

 

Hello @IceColdRum I've only just seen your thread what an exciting project, lovely to have an almost blank canvas, I'm sure I no time at all you will have a beautiful garden there please keep us up to date & more photos as you progress will be great